New Video (Second Channel) BookTok and the Death of the Pulp Novel (Patreon)

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2026-05-09 20:46:57

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2026-10

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Where are my pulp novels? The kids shouldn't have to pay $40 for the newest release of their favorite series because it's only available in a big, gawdy hardcover. Let the kids have pulp novel versions of their favorite books.

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BookTok and the Death of the Pulp Novel

All the Stuff https://linktr.ee/charlatanwonder The Silly ADHD Beard Man is concerned that that the kids are losing access to affordable books like the pulp novel as BookTok is seemingly incentivizing larger, more ornate hardcovers that cost a pretty penny. Chapters: 00:00 intro 03:50 I do not find the critisisms of BookTok to be convincing: just let the kids read 10:03 Bookstores are making a comeback, but at what cost? 22:46 Are there solutions to this? Is this even a problem to be solved? 27:05 Final thoughts Sources: -Writers who don't read books, Man Carrying thing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbZAakIN8QY -Books: Hard Times in Hard-Cover Country, Time Magazine (online archive) https://time.com/archive/6699081/books-hard-times-in-hard-cover-country/ -US Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm ( don't think I can export individual calculations, sorry)